What happens when you combine psych-rock, shoegaze and lo-fi? Well, you get noisy experimentation, but more importantly, you get Wax Children. The Covina-bred quartet mixes fuzzy ’90s rock guitars and ’70s-styled reverb, fashioning rough-edged rockers that are somewhere between trippy and time travel. The band, formerly known as Django’s Tiger, started when singer Mr. Wall, […]
You may recognize the name Daniel Rossen if you are a Grizzly Bear or Department of Eagles fan. The avid multi-instrumentalist took the solo leap in 2012 with his EP, “Silent Hour/Golden Mile,” but quickly delved back into work with Grizzly Bear, leaving the EP to be lost to the saturated market. Rossen’s solo material […]
Hospitality expresses no regrets about their indie-pop debut in 2012, but they surely are looking forward to abandoning the term ‘twee’ from here on. The Brooklyn-based trio found a serendipitous home in Merge Records back in 2011, perfectly defining their sunny and charming flair and garnering quite a bit of attention for their self-titled album. […]
Pat Grossi comes from music; his father holds copies of multiple platinum hip-hop records and his childhood is lined with global choir tours. Now that all the bragging is out of the way, the L.A.-based songwriter who makes music as Active Child began his performance at the El Rey Theater on Saturday night by hugging […]
